ESSENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Essene mean? 

• ESSENE (noun)
  The noun ESSENE has 1 sense:

1. a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus

  Familiarity information: ESSENE used as a noun is very rare.

• ESSENE (adjective)
  The adjective ESSENE has 1 sense:

1. said of or relating to the Essenes

  Familiarity information: ESSENE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESSENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Essene" is a kind of...):

Hebrew; Israelite; Jew (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)

• ESSENE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Said of or relating to the Essenes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Essene (a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus)